July was the month of our annual trip to New York.
We started out with a week in my brothers neck of the woods. This whole trip we didn't really get many pictures. We officially vacation without phones. The pictures I did manage to get were basically of food.
Tyler and Katie are amazing hosts! They had so many fun activities planned and we all had a blast.
We also thankfully got to see the other Ticonderoga family :) I'm so thankful the kids are now the age to have a blast together every time they see each other.
After our week there the kids went off to spend some time camping at Grandma and Papas while Caleb and I did a mini getaway for our 10 year anniversary.
Jo's favorite part was definitely the fishing. Arya tells me hers was the smores.
Caleb and I enjoyed some time in Burlington. We realized a few things on the trip...Vermont may not quite be for us, the more time we spend away from home we realize how much we love living here in Virginia, and lastly, we do a really really good job of continuing to date each other here at our own home.
The fancy dinners were nice and getting to walk around places without worry about the kids was pretty good too, but our favorite times together our the weekly dates we have here at home picking up our favorite snacks and staying up late playing our favorite games.
We had a 10 year anniversary trip and literally got zero pictures of us together, typical us.
After the quick trip to Burlington we headed to pick up the kids. We had a really nice night with my parents.
Then we made our final stop at Caleb's parents. Arya unfortunately got sick and puked almost every day so the first day we just kind of stayed low and hung out playing games. The kids got to go kayaking for the first time with them the second day. Caleb and I were back up at camp so I wasn't able to grab any pics.
Caleb and I spent another day up at Blake while kids enjoyed the kayaking. We had a blast at camp...even got to enjoy the icecream truck ourselves. Again, didn't have my phone, but thankfully Katie snapped this pic.
And then after over two weeks, we headed back to our new home.
I still don't have any pictures of it. When we moved into our last home in Henrico, I jumped the gun just trying to get the whole place decorated and after it was finished I realized I didn't love a lot of it. So, this time, we've been slowly searching for pieces we want to look at for a long time.
So far...it's just some wooden ducks :p Tony, Fred, and Daisy fit pretty perfectly into our home.
So....maybe sometime in the next 10 years when I get it all done, you'll be able to see our new favorite place to be :)
